I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can’t make myself finish something unless I am forced
BEN FOLDSThere is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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I drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note cards, pencil and pencil sharpener. I throw around note cards and drink.
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It’s a tough thing to know that when you’re making your album, you’re going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.
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I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet.
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I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they’re working. The songs just don’t become a part of the film. They’re replaced.
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I’ve gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.
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If you can’t draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
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The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don’t want heard, then they have power over you.
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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I’m older than I was, and I’m still washed-up, and I haven’t changed my music one iota. It’s just much easier to do this when people are being nice to you.
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Next door, there’s an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I’m sorry, I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.
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Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that’s when I get to go home.
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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it’s asking a lot of someone who’s used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.
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You can’t really control how people hear stuff. It’s hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.
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There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
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